Command R+

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• Released 4 April 2024 ● Primary source[1]page date; availability paragraph
• Deprecated 15 September 2025Deprecated for new customers; existing users keep access until a shutdown date, which Cohere had not set as of 2026-10-01. The changelog announcement page is dated 2025-09-16. ● Primary source[3]Deprecation History, 2025-09-15 [4]Command table, status column

• Status DeprecatedApplies to the hosted API ids command-r-plus-04-2024 and alias command-r-plus. The open weights (c4ai-command-r-plus) can still be downloaded from Hugging Face. ● Primary source[3]Deprecation History, 2025-09-15 [4]Command table, status column [5]Deprecated Models

• Successor of Command EditorialEditorial link along the line of Cohere's most capable Command model: Command R+ is the larger tier of the R series and was presented as Cohere's most powerful model, after the original Command. Cohere names no predecessor; the launch post says it builds on the strengths of Command R, which remains a separate tier. ● Primary source[1]

• Change · Tool use Adds multi-step tool use: the model combines several tools over several steps and can retry after a failed tool call.Compared with Command R ● Primary source[1]
• Change · Size 104 billion parameters; the model card calls Command R its smaller companion model.Compared with Command R ● Primary source[2]
• Change · Other Higher API list price than Command R: 3.00 USD input and 15.00 USD output per million tokens, against 0.50 and 1.50 USD.Compared with Command R ● Primary source[1] [6]
• Change · Availability Launched first on Microsoft Azure, as part of a new collaboration, alongside the Cohere API.Compared with Command R ● Primary source[1]

• Input text ● Primary source[2]Model Details
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• Feature RetrievalRAG with in-line citations. ● Primary source[1]Industry Leading RAG Solution
• Feature Tool useMulti-step tool use, new with this model. ● Primary source[1]Automating Complex Business Workflows With Tool Use [7]Multi-Step Tool Use
• Feature MultilingualOptimized for 10 languages. ● Primary source[1]Multilingual Support for Global Business Operations
• Open weights YesOpen weights research release under CC-BY-NC 4.0. ● Primary source[2]
• Context window 128k tokens ● Primary source[1]first paragraphs [2]Model Summary
• Parameters 104 billion ● Primary source[2]Model Summary
• Access API, cloud partner, Open-weights downloadAvailable first on Microsoft Azure and on the Cohere API from launch day, with Oracle OCI and other clouds announced to follow. Amazon Bedrock id cohere.command-r-plus-v1:0 per the platform table. ● Primary source[1]availability paragraph [4]Using Command Models on Different Platforms [2]

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